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Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance strategy for patients with Diamond Blackfan anemia: Preliminary recommendations from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Aug 2021
Lipton Jeffrey M, Molmenti Christine L S, Hussain Maryam, Desai Pooja, Florento Maria, Atsidaftos Eva, Vlachos Adrianna
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Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by red cell failure, congenital anomalies, poor linear growth, and cancer predisposition. Two previous analyses from the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry have quantified DBA as a cancer predisposition syndrome of moderate cancer penetrance. Patients with DBA have a 4.8-fold higher relative risk of developing cancer with...
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